Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-29
A CLOSE VOTE.
THE COUNTy.GovTRSEENr QUESTION
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
-Ae Action Of the House Of Commons Yos.
terday Raleigh hows
Notes.


special telegram 20 tho Diapa,ch.l
r,41Jau. y. c.. January 2S.-ln the
S,na.e to-day bills were introduced TO
om,ud thc Jaw relative 60 homesteads,
and io increase the efficiency OF the
Ststo Guard. 1hc hill giving maQis-
fratcs jurisdiction Of the offence of car
wing concealed weapons passed It's final
rea3ng The Senate took up the spe-
cial order. lill 20 prohibit thd firing out
ar farming of cmNicis. Ihcre WAS
lone and exciting debate on the bill. 1t
was put upon Is second reading and
tlc vote was % tie a. to Ia. President
~tcdman cast tn deciding vote in the
negative. The bill to incorporate the
Dan,.lle and Carolipa railroad passed
ts hnal reading, as did also the bin 10
rr.,.nt FIR pht discrimination 10y rail
ya,. VI hich passed the House yester-
dey. aul appeared IN the Dispatch TO-
daf
HOUSE.
I'D. session of the House was cx-
trcv,,y interesting 4 resolution was
,ntr,8nced Aprcssing the need of saw
mos banks aud providing for the
raising of Joint select committee to
promro a bill far tho establishment of
such banks.
The House took up PinniX's hill 20
rcpcal the county government law and
Tritchard's substitute which reduces
fine mmncr OF county commissioners
rom five to three. Oakley RE
puhican) offered an anon lment proyi-
ding that the county commissioners
shall be required 10 give bond in the
sum Of $1,000 Tor the faith
ml performance Of duty. Pink
accepted this. Oakley spoke in favor
Of the bill. He WAS followed by Pritch-
ard D.cpublicani, who made another
tnethy speech ON the same ilr as that
le made Tuesday. Holt OemocraO
made a wcil-timcd reply, and offered an
amendment to the bill providing that
when the census shows that in any
county the negroes have a majority of
0mancd voters. then and in that case
such county shall be excepted from the
Provisions of the bill. Holt said in
oH ing this amendment that he did
r9t think It constitutional, but wished
GOO make II test case for the Repubii-
CONS.
An ABSURD SPEECH
Ex-Governor Brogdcn Republicanl
next spoke, or rather read long
speech IT was very absurd, abound
mg IN Scriptural and poctical quota
tons. The House and galleries laughed
and applaudcd until the hall was in an
uprour BroPdcn thought he had made
great effort. lie attacked county
government, but was utterly crushed
when Oycrman asked him If he did not
four wears AGO leave the Republican
party and issue "a circular culogizing
the present system of county govern
mcnt. Brogdcn Wilted, merely remark
ing that lac was not here 10 explain his
record.
Parsons lDmocratJ spoke in opposi-
ton to the bill, md was followed 10y
Iwart and Macon (Rcpubhcansj in its
favor. The speech 10y Sutton Demo
crat IN opposition to the bill, and by
pinuiN. it7auihor. in its defence, closed
the lengthy debate.
TIE VOTING.
The previous question was called.
The House first, by "a vote of l0l TO |,
voted down Ewarts amendment TO eX-
cmpt from the provision Of the bill the
fourteen counties with negro MAORI
ties, and then. 10y a vote of 100 to o,
Hollis amendment to except any conn
ties which the census shows to have a
negro majority. The House next voted
upon putchard's amendment to PIN
nX'. hIll, and adopted it-54 to y.
There was the utmost excitement and
perfect silence as this vote was taken.
ihcbillasamcndcd was putupOn its sec
und reading and passed 81 to -.
Some Democrats were absent, and this
changed the vote. OF the lndepcnd-
.nts, Pearson. Lindsay, and Parham
voted against the bill, while Paochall
,otcG for il and Walters lodged.
A SENSATIONAL Incident.
There Was rather sensational Incl
l,Ht when Osborne, OF Mtcklenhurg,
asked ii IIusscy negro Republican, WAS
not paired with hci. lDcw0cratl hus-
soy ,aid he Was paired mp 10 yesterday.
a. kcll left for Charlotte last night, this
looked like "a doubtful statement, and
k,G's hrothcr-mmbcrs from Mocklcn-
burg say Husscv spoke falsely. BIT
.or ,h- the vote would have been j3 b.
I} and Speaker Webster would have
bad 90 cast the deciding vote, which
would have been against the bill. There
sa- GREAT applause ON the Radical side
when fire result of the vote was an
IoWecd The attempt To put the bill
90 ~, thiri reading WIS objected to 10y
nD Democrats.
one curious incident to-day was fhat
muiX. i'm speaking ON the bill, referred |
.o jhc war and spoke OF the cruelty OF !
,uicdcutes, saying they had shot his
lth,r Oylman thereupon asked him |
q Lcm.-ut to imply that his (Pinnixs) |
father Wa q dcscrttr The Speaker |
.n,d to make the inquiry out of order.
NWt Ovum again and again pressed |
%. Finally IiuuiX sud his father was |
shot q, he Was trying to 60 over to the
2 his raised Il great laugh.
Ilc bin a- it passed provides for the !
election of magistrates, commissioners,
.uJ public school officers 10y the peo-
l., three magistrates in each town
iiI. and three commissioners for each |
Wuty. the hitter to give approved |
ud for 3.Cc6 each.
A rlOrOS-MATCH.
Yesterday there was match, mt |
twenty-five pigeons each, shot here be
W.,u Charlcs l.. Dick, of Johnstown,
'a.. and Edward =. EnQeihard, OF this
its. The birds were bluerocks, and
anne from Richmond. They were i'll
uc condition. They were shot from
.,c erounG-tups, twcnty-cight yards
Iel-u.c Of both barrels allowed. Time
nmt to retrieve birds, five minutes.
,l. S. /. johnson was referee. Dick
4ll.d nineteen, missed two drivers and
uc right quwterer; had seven right
.uutcr,Is, eleven left quartercrs, two
tl-..utrl 4vn drivers iu0cluard |